September 14 - 16
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Summit Kick-Off with Absorb CEO
Grab a front row seat to kick off the 2021 Absorb Virtual Summit. Led by Absorb’s CEO, this engaging discussion will explore Absorb’s role in an ever-evolving tapestry of learning and reflect on the challenges we all faced last year. Get the inside scoop on exciting changes and developments coming to your favorite LMS.
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Absorb CEO
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Client Panel: The Evolving Workplace
Events over the past 18 months have compelled many companies to switch to remote or hybrid work models. Nearly all have faced new challenges, risks and learning opportunities. Hear how your peers are managing—and conquering—the evolving workspace in this thought-provoking client panel.
Join Paul Marsh, Manager of Client Success, as he leads a discussion with four Absorb LMS clients who will share their perspectives and experiences.
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Paul Marsh, Caitlyn Tran. Clients: Coming Soon!
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Strategies to Embrace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Talent Lifecycle
As a global company, ADP and its associates embody an award-winning inclusive culture that extends beyond the traditional employee engagement approach. And to support our clients, we’ve developed programming and toolsets to assist in raising the bar in their workplaces. From built-in product Talent solutions available today, ADP is well-positioned to consult large companies on DE&I. Join us as we discuss practical ways to incorporate a DE&I strategy throughout the full talent lifecycle, learn about emerging technology to assist in developing a diverse workforce, including our short and long term product strategy around DE&I, and discover the tools and workshops Strategic Advisory Services can provide to support you.
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Dr. Susan Hanold (Guest Speaker), Tyler Middleton
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Designing Programs for Behavior Change
Why do we invest in training, eLearning and L& initiatives? Because we want people to change and improve the way they do their jobs. In other words, we want behavior change. But how do we create programs that encourage and deliver behavior change?
Join Paul Matthews, Learning & Development Expert, Strategist, Author and Speaker as he walks us through how to deliver a strategic and measurable behavior change program.
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Paul Matthews (Guest Speaker), Paul Marsh
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Optimize Absorb for Different Audiences
Your learning platform should reflect your company’s brand. This session will show you how to make your Absorb LMS portal pop and engage learners, whether they’re internal or external to your organization. Join Abi Adebayo, Implementation Project Manager, as she walks us through how easy it is to customize your LMS for different audiences—and maximize learning results.
SPEAKERS
Abi Adebayo, Amy Vilaysane
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Demystifying Online Instructor-Led Courses
Instructor-led courses bridge the gap between online and in-person learning, giving both learners and admins the best of both worlds.
In this session, Caitlyn Tran and Paul Hart will debunk the myth that online learning is impersonal by providing a complete rundown of all things ILC—from getting started to optimizing for course completion rates.
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Caitlyn Tran, Paul Hart, Megan Park
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Absorb Engage: Drive Learner Engagement & Collaboration
Create a more interactive learning environment with Absorb Engage. In this session, Client Success Managers Jessica Rae and Caitlyn Tran will walk you through Absorb Engage and how it hooks learners and boosts their experience within Absorb LMS.
Capture and hold their attention with billboards, news feeds, leaderboards, polls, informal learning environments, social media and more. Discover the power of Absorb Engage and take your learners’ engagement to new heights.
SPEAKERS
Jessica Rae, Caitlyn Tran, Jordan Templeton
NETWORKING
Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 1
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATORS
Jalen Gardener
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Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 2
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATORS
Jamie Morgan
NETWORKING
Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 3
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
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Olu Adewunmi
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Connect & Collaborate: APAC Spotlight & Networking Session
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATORS
Michael Hosking
ENTERPRISE*
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Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
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Jamie Morgan, Bonnie Casanova-Bigelow
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Absorb LMS Product Roadmap
Curious about what’s on the horizon for Absorb LMS? Join Craig Basford, EVP of Product as he presents Absorb’s product roadmap for 2022 and beyond. Hear Absorb’s views on the future of learning, why we’re relentlessly driven to improve Absorb LMS, and discover upcoming products and features you (and your learners!) will love.
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Craig Basford
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Leverage Your Brand to Elevate Training
Your company’s brand is more than a logo; it’s an identity—a fingerprint left on everything from customer experience to company culture.
Join Kevin Lopez and Natalie Bui for a session all about how Absorb LMS empowers you to create unique learning experiences that are more than a reflection of your brand; they’re a part of it. We will finish off this hour-long session with Heather Pierorazio, Project Lead and LMS Admin at Sinai Health as she discusses her best tips and tricks that she has utilized in their own Absorb LMS portal.
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Kevin Lopez, Natalie Bui, Heather Pierorazio (Sinai Health)
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Discover Data Goldmines with Absorb Analyze
Are you seizing every opportunity with your learning program? Join Pamela Easterbrook, Product Manager and Craig Basford, Head of Product, to introduce the latest addition to Absorb LMS: Absorb Analyze. This new reporting feature is designed to boost your learning program’s ROI, ensuring you get the most out of your LMS.
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Pamela Easterbrook, Craig Basford
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The Learner Experience: Past, Present & Future
The Learner Experience (LE) within Absorb LMS continues to evolve—and with each iteration comes better tools and new challenges. Join Dan Markin, UX Designer Team Lead, and Demetrio Pagano, Product Manager, for a glimpse into where Absorb LMS’s LE started, where it stands today and where we’re headed next. See how your feedback and our user research are shaping the next generation.
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Dan Markin, Demetrio Pagano
TRAINING & EDUCATION
LMS Reporting 101: Stay Informed With Absorb Analyze
Does the thought of diving into your LMS data send your heart racing? Whether it's from anxiety or excitement—yes, some of us love numbers—you won't want to miss this session hosted by Pamela Easterbrook and Chris Carlson.
Led by Pamela Easterbrook, this engaging discussion will focus on identifying and addressing common LMS reporting challenges, including how the past year's events have shifted organizational priorities.
SPEAKERS
Pamela Easterbrook, Chris Carlson, Kyle Prigotzke
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Absorb Engage: Drive Learner Engagement & Collaboration
Create a more interactive learning environment with Absorb Engage. In this session, Client Success Managers Jessica Rae and Caitlyn Tran will walk you through Absorb Engage and how it hooks learners and boosts their experience within Absorb LMS.
Capture and hold their attention with billboards, news feeds, leaderboards, polls, informal learning environments, social media and more. Discover the power of Absorb Engage and take your learners’ engagement to new heights.
SPEAKERS
Jessica Rae, Caitlyn Tran, Jordan Templeton
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Optimize Absorb for Different Audiences
Your learning platform should reflect your company’s brand. This session will show you how to make your Absorb LMS portal pop and engage learners, whether they’re internal or external to your organization. Join Abi Adebayo, Implementation Project Manager, as she walks us through how easy it is to customize your LMS for different audiences—and maximize learning results.
SPEAKERS
Abi Adebayo, Amy Vilaysane
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Demystifying Online Instructor-Led Courses
Instructor-led courses bridge the gap between online and in-person learning, giving both learners and admins the best of both worlds.
In this session, Caitlyn Tran and Paul Hart will debunk the myth that online learning is impersonal by providing a complete rundown of all things ILC—from getting started to optimizing for course completion rates.
SPEAKERS
Caitlyn Tran, Paul Hart, Megan Park
NETWORKING
Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 4
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATOR
Rupinder Basran
NETWORKING
Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 5
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATOR
Will Wright
NETWORKING
Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 6
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATOR
Owen Jenkins
NETWORKING
Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 7
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATOR
Zain Saeed
ENTERPRISE*
Fireside Chat with Absorb’s Leadership Team
Enterprise Support clients are invited to an exclusive, informal sit-down with Absorb’s executive leadership team and CEO. In this small group session, we encourage you to ask questions, and help us understand what’s most important to your organization regarding the evolution of Absorb Software.
*Enterprise Support Clients Only
SPEAKERS
Greg Shell, Jennifer Kennedy, Craig Smith, Eric Foss, Chris Carlson, Tara Brooks, Craig Basford
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Product Workshop
Back by popular demand; in this session, attendees will work alongside Absorb's Product Management team to transform an idea into a potential, upcoming Absorb LMS feature. In small groups of diverse business perspectives, you'll build an idea into a feature, including design and functionality.
You're encouraged to provide your ideas in advance of the session; register for this specific Summit session to be contacted about your ideas. The Group will take a vote and work on the most popular feature.
*Enterprise Support Clients Only
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Absorb Product Management Team
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Digital Body Language: Collaborate Faster and Further, Together
In this presentation, Erica Dhawan combines cutting edge research with engaging storytelling to decode the new signals and cues that have replaced traditional body language across genders, generations, and culture. In person, we lean in, uncross our arms, smile, nod and make eye contact to show we listen and care. Online, reading carefully is the new listening. Writing clearly is the new empathy. And a phone or video call is worth a thousand emails. Dhawan will supercharge your teams with collectively understood rules that foster connection, build trust and drive innovation.
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Erica Dhawan (Guest Speaker), Paul Marsh
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Valuable Insights from Absorb LMS Champions
Hear from four innovative companies that have conquered and amplified the power of Absorb LMS. Tara Brooks, Absorb’s Senior Director of Client Success, will host this event and present awards to each client for their outstanding use of the platform.
Leave inspired to elevate your L& program, whether you’re looking to be more creative, efficient, strategic, data-driven, or want to optimize your LMS for external audiences.
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Tara Brooks, Caitlyn Tran. Clients: Coming Soon!
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Gamification in L&D
Getting and keeping employees engaged in the learning process is challenge. Gamification can help make that a reality. Join author and entrepreneur, Gabe Zichermann for a session that will explore the best practices in gamified learning and development.
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Gabe Zichermann (Guest Speaker), Paul Marsh
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Ask Us Anything
Wrap up this year’s Virtual Summit with our most anticipated Session! Back by popular demand, we will spend this last hour answering questions that were submitted by attendees.
SPEAKERS
Absorb Software
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Demystifying Online Instructor-Led Courses
Instructor-led courses bridge the gap between online and in-person learning, giving both learners and admins the best of both worlds.
In this session, Caitlyn Tran and Paul Hart will debunk the myth that online learning is impersonal by providing a complete rundown of all things ILC—from getting started to optimizing for course completion rates.
SPEAKERS
Caitlyn Tran, Paul Hart, Megan Park
TRAINING & EDUCATION
LMS Reporting 101: Stay Informed With Absorb Analyze
Does the thought of diving into your LMS data send your heart racing? Whether it's from anxiety or excitement—yes, some of us love numbers—you won't want to miss this session hosted by Pamela Easterbrook and Chris Carlson.
Led by Pamela Easterbrook, this engaging discussion will focus on identifying and addressing common LMS reporting challenges, including how the past year's events have shifted organizational priorities.
SPEAKERS
Pamela Easterbrook, Chris Carlson, Kyle Prigotzke
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Absorb Engage: Drive Learner Engagement & Collaboration
Create a more interactive learning environment with Absorb Engage. In this session, Client Success Managers Jessica Rae and Caitlyn Tran will walk you through Absorb Engage and how it hooks learners and boosts their experience within Absorb LMS.
Capture and hold their attention with billboards, news feeds, leaderboards, polls, informal learning environments, social media and more. Discover the power of Absorb Engage and take your learners’ engagement to new heights.
SPEAKERS
Jessica Rae, Caitlyn Tran, Jordan Templeton
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Demystifying Online Instructor-Led Courses
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATOR
Jessica Rae
NETWORKING
Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 10
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATOR
Bonnie Casanova-Bigelow
NETWORKING
Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 11
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATOR
Bonnie Casanova-Bigelow
ENTERPRISE*
Product Workshop
Back by popular demand; in this session, attendees will work alongside Absorb Product Management team to transform an idea into a potential, upcoming Absorb LMS feature. In small groups of diverse business perspectives, you'll build an idea into a feature, including design and functionality.
You're encouraged to provide your ideas in advance of this session; register for this specific Summit session to be contacted about your ideas. The group will take a vote and work on the most popular feature.
*Enterprise Support Clients Only
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Absorb Product Management Team
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